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Sharing a wafer with the bn catfish ... erm, not my fault they can’t see me tucked way over here under driftwood at back of tank ...

Great - many thanks for information [emoji106]

Thanks! Is there any range of say x to y to define soft, medium, hard, etc?

Should add I just keep rams, angelfish, loaches in with java fern, etc - not try to breed or anything, just out of interest.

This is following on but I dug out JBL Proscan as the API gh test kit had expired. First strip had colours run a little and results didn’t match too well. Second strip I took more care and the readings matched the api test, ph probes, etc much better. So it seemed to me that don’t want any...

So finally got a chance to try TDS meter. Readings sounded good from feedback but are there any links that describes what TDS readings equate to for different environments I guess? Tap was 240ppm. Tank was 250ppm. Yet to find annual water report (which can’t be trusted as they say they mix...

Some here are going from cichlid tanks to planted tanks and are just set up for large water changes (eg drains / drums with pumps / etc where they heat / stabilise tap water over night - mainly for deeper water African cichlids that don’t handle changes in water so well). And as mentioned above...

Happy Easter [emoji214]

Thanks for that - matches my thoughts on it. I don’t know of any others, one of the shops here imported it. Bit of interest from people with racks of 6 footers for cichlids and wanting to quickly keep an eye on things. I was doing the same - found a good place to take photo and that solved a lot...

Is that the same as JBL Proscan with the strips and app reader? Was curious as I have that one. I found I got errors with any light shadow, removed that problem and was still a little dubious on it. Really liked the idea though, should dig them back out as such a quick test. Seemed nice for...

Almost suspect it’s the same culprit each week. And egged on by his/her mates outside the gravel vac. On the good news side starting to get the water changes sorted with how to run hoses.

Bit of an update. Shifted into a rental. Almost cracked tank getting it out of door but made it! Lost a few fish from them living in buckets but most made it. Slight ammonia readings at moment while it re-cycles. Probably as I packed up canister filters week before. Nothing on nitrate...

Update - the plants sat in two buckets for a week. Mainly while getting everything sorted I sliced my thumb on new steak knives. 5 stitches and dire warnings from nurse not to get it wet for 4 days left me not doing much. Finally got them out of bucket and into tank. Seem to be doing ok. Just...

Sounds great! Many thanks for the help.

So shifted house and the 4ft tank is about 80% full. No leaks so far! Almost cracked one corner shifting when it slid off dolly but caught it. Heavy thing of a tank. Wondering how long plants can go in buckets for? Next weekend is a long weekend when I have some time back with tank. I’ve got...